Case for pipes and for cigar and cigarette holders



July 29 1924,. 1,503,354

A. DUNHILL CASE FOR PIPES AND FOR CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS Filed Aug25. 192;!

Patented July 29, 1924.

ALFRED DUNI-IILL, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

CASE FOR PIPES AND FOR CIGAR AND CIGARETTE HOLDERS.

Application filed August 25, 1921. Serial No. 495,251.

T 0 all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED DUNHILL, a subject of the King of GreatBritain, residing at London, in the county of London, England, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Pipes and forCigar and Cigarette Holders, for which I have obtained a patent in GreatBritain, No. 141,486, dated 25th March, 1919, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to cases for pipes and for cigar and cigaretteholders.

It is found in practice that these devices as at present constructed areunsatisfactory as they becomevery much soiled and foul on the insideafter a comparatively small amount of use.

This is attributable to the fact that, after smoking, the pipe or holderis often re stored to the case while still warm and damp, so thatnicotine, moisture and the like exudes or is given off and soaks intoand soils the lining of the case which soon becomes very dirty and givesoff anunpleasant odor when opened. i

It has hitherto been proposed to provide a metal box or casing for thereception of a pipe or cigar holder which projects through a suitableopening therein, the projecting end being connected to one end of aflexible tube, the opposite end of which carries a mouthpiece, so as toenable the pipe or cigar to be smoked whilst contained in the pocket. Inthis construction the box is formed with perforations covered by a cap,which prevents the lining of the pocket obstructing the entry of air tosupport combustion.

The object of my present invention is to overcome this drawback and toprovide a case for a pipe, cigar holder or cigarette holder, which willremain clean and sweet for a long period.

According to my invention, I provide means for enabling the fumes ormoisture to escape from the interior of thev case and for ventilatingthe said case.

This may be effected in any convenient manner.

For instance I may provide perforations passing through the walls in anyrequired position and these perforations may in some instances befurnished with eyelets or lining tubes, in all cases so arranged thatthey do not project on the inside or outside so as to injure the articlecontained therein or cause injury to other articles contained in thepocket. In order that the invention may be readily understood referenceis made to the accom- 60 panying drawings, which show the inventionapplied to various types of tobacco pipes and a cigar or cigaretteholder.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a case for two pipes showing the meansfor ventilating the case. 1

Fig. 2 is a front view partly broken away showing the invention appliedto an ordinary pipe case.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of a case for a cigaror cigarette holder, and,

Fig. 5 is an end View of Fig. 4. Referring to Fig. 1, a and I) representthe two portions of a case for a pair of pipes, said portions beinghinged togetherin the usual way. 0, 0 are recesses or pockets in themember a into which the pipes (not shown) are placed. These pockets areformed with flat ridges at d, d against which the open ends of the bowlsof the pipes rest, and these ends of the pockets are set back orrecessed at 6 so as to register with recesses or slots f formed in thesides of the member a adjacent the bowls of the pipes. The recesses orslots f may if necessary be formed as a perforation as shown in dottedlines at g. The

slots, recesses or perforations may also, if desired be furnished witheyelets or lining tubes and in all casesare arranged so that 99 they donot project on the inside or outside so as to injure the pipe or pipesor the like, contained therein or cause injury to other articlescontained in the pocket.

In the construction shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the two portions h 72, ofthe pipe case are each formed with a semi-circular V-shaped or any othersuitably shaped recess or slot 3', arranged preferably registering withone another when the case is closed. The slot 100 or recess ispreferably located in the upper flat end 70, of the case so as toregister with and communicate with the interior of the bowl of the pipeZ.

Figs. 4 and 5 show the application of the= invention to a case for acigar or cigarette holder. In this construction, the ends of the twomembers at and a of the case are formed with semi-circular V shaped orother suitably shaped recesses, preferably registering with one anotherwhen the case is closed so as to form a hole or perforation 0 for thepassage of air and'fumes from the interior of the case or the holdercontained therein.

It will be readily understood that in either of the constructionsillustrated in the drawings, the air passages for ventilating theinterior oi the case 'maybe located in any other position than at thejunction of the two portions of the case. The air passages may also beformed by corrugations made in the abutting "edges oi one orbothunembers of pipe or the cavity in the end of the cigar or cigaretteholder-and with one ormore similar recesses, slots or perforations atthe opposite end of the case, registering witlr'the smoke bore, in themouth piece.

WVhat I claim as my invention and desire 4 to 'secureby Letters Patentof the United Statesof America is A plpe case comprising apair ofopposed hingedly connected portions adapted to be closed together forhousing a pair of pipes, a mold block fitting in one oi said portions ofthe case and having longitudinal recesses at its opposite longitudinaledges for accon'in'iodatii'ig the stems of the pipes, said mold blockalso having at each end a cavity conforming in contour to the side of apipe bowl and each cavity opening at its bottom portion into theadjacent end of the adjacent longitudinal recess, said pipe bowlcavities overlapping and said mold block having a partition Wall betweenthe outer end of each bowl cavity and the adjacent end of the pipe stemrecess for nesting the pipes in the case, said partition walls of the'mold block having venting recesses therein with a recess in the innerside of the partition opening into the bowl cavity and extending toapproximately the central portion of the outer end of the cavity, saidventing recesses'extending outwardly in opposite directions through theends of the mold block, and the adjacent portion of the "case havingvent-openings therethrough in registry with said recesses in thepartition wall.

ALFRED DUNHILL.

